On: Tarsnap - Why is 1 GB 10^9 bytes instead of 2^30?

[ErrantX]

Has this not been hashed over a billion (or, ugh, 10^9) times :)

[cperciva → ErrantX]

Yes, and some people still get it wrong!

[Locke1689 → cperciva]

At least for me, the problem isn't that I think GB should not be 10^9 bytes, but that Gibibyte sounds stupid.

[wmf → Locke1689]

Just write GiB but pronounce it "gigabyte".

[ZeroGravitas → ErrantX]

No, 10^9 is a Milliard:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milliard

[ErrantX → ZeroGravitas]

sorry, it was a joke, I never meant 10^9 == 1 Billion. I edited the brackets in afterwards ;)

[ZeroGravitas → ErrantX]

I was also joking.

"Billion" suffers from the same problem as "Gigabyte". It has two mutually exclusive definitions (10^9 and 10^12) so you can't use it without the possibility of some confusion resulting.

[ErrantX → ZeroGravitas]

Doh. Double gotcha'd :)

[monos → ZeroGravitas]

10^9 = german billion. no problem here with the short ladder.

[paulbaumgart → monos]

Maybe I misunderstand your comment, but Germany uses the long scale, last time I checked.

[monos → paulbaumgart]

ops, yes of course

[zck → ErrantX]

At least one gigatime.

[tjarratt → zck]

That's GiTime, not GITime for those playing the at-home game.